Higher Education

Higher Education For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the HEA, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, $2,055,439,000: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds made available in this Act to carry out title VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to support visits and study in foreign countries by individuals who are participating 131 STAT. 550 in advanced foreign language training and international studies in areas that are vital to United States national security and who plan to apply their language skills and knowledge of these countries in the fields of government, the professions, or international development: Provided further, That of the funds referred to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used for program evaluation, national outreach, and information dissemination activities: Provided further, That up to 1.5 percent of the funds made available under chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the HEA may be used for evaluation : Provided further, That, in making awards under section 402C of the HEA with funds appropriated by this Act, the Secretary shall announce new grant awards for which the notice inviting applications was published in the Federal Register on October 17, 2016 (81 F.R. 71,492) by June 1, 2017, and for all other new grant awards under such section by August 1, 2017: Provided further, That, in making continuation grant awards under subpart 2 of chapter 1 of part A of title IV of the HEA with funds appropriated by this Act, the Secretary shall issue continuation notifications no later than August 1, 2017.